Jill Segger
@quakerpen.bsky.social
Quaker.Writer. Editor.Slow poet. NUJ. FRSA. Some recent work at archival site of @ekklesia.co.uk
https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/author/jillsegger/
My book #WordsOutofSilence is available here https://www.ekklesiapublishing.co.uk/books/words-out-of-silence/
https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/author/jillsegger/
My book #WordsOutofSilence is available here https://www.ekklesiapublishing.co.uk/books/words-out-of-silence/
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Regulation won't fix our broken water system.
You have until 3rd December to tell DEFRA exactly why their plans for a new fines system won't work.
Take 2 minutes now to complete the consultation.
You have until 3rd December to tell DEFRA exactly why their plans for a new fines system won't work.
Take 2 minutes now to complete the consultation.
Email DEFRA - regulation won't fix our broken water system
Email DEFRA - regulation won't fix our broken water system
weownit.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Regulation won't fix our broken water system.
You have until 3rd December to tell DEFRA exactly why their plans for a new fines system won't work.
Take 2 minutes now to complete the consultation.
You have until 3rd December to tell DEFRA exactly why their plans for a new fines system won't work.
Take 2 minutes now to complete the consultation.
This. I recommend Pope's Essay on Criticism to @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social
"All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need."
Acts 2: 44-45
Acts 2: 44-45
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This. I recommend Pope's Essay on Criticism to @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social
Coming next: deport all migrant birds.
The Telegraph is worried that feeding themselves is a blue tit's personal responsibility and that feeding the creates dependency, removing the incentive for birds to work and improve themselves, and thus perpetuate the problem of hunger amongst blue tits
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Coming next: deport all migrant birds.
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Do you have strong feelings on whether Community Notes can work/do work/don't work? If so, please do take part in helping the Oversight Board's work on how/whether they should be rolled out beyond the US
Meta is seeking the Oversight Board’s opinion as it expands the community notes program beyond the United States. The Board will give input on which countries to include and how to scale the rollout.
More details: www.oversightboard.com/news/board-t...
More details: www.oversightboard.com/news/board-t...
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Do you have strong feelings on whether Community Notes can work/do work/don't work? If so, please do take part in helping the Oversight Board's work on how/whether they should be rolled out beyond the US
Those who don't acknowledge the "transcendent excellence of peace" but see it solely as a transactional chip, will never be peacemakers.
apnews.com/article/suda...
More proof that Trump and his goons couldn’t make peace between Quakers and Buddhists.
More proof that Trump and his goons couldn’t make peace between Quakers and Buddhists.
Sudan's top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal, calling it 'the worst yet'
Sudan’s top general has rejected a ceasefire proposal from U.S.-led mediators, calling it “the worst yet.”
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Those who don't acknowledge the "transcendent excellence of peace" but see it solely as a transactional chip, will never be peacemakers.
Just so. But there's always a few who will jump aboard.
He’s lied himself into a place of utter political irrelevance.
The Covid enquiry only confirmed this
Why would anyone trust anything he says ever again?
If there’s to be criminal charges, I hope this is the last time we hear from him. I’d rather attention went to the families of those who died
The Covid enquiry only confirmed this
Why would anyone trust anything he says ever again?
If there’s to be criminal charges, I hope this is the last time we hear from him. I’d rather attention went to the families of those who died
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just so. But there's always a few who will jump aboard.
Of course he does. Do you believe him?
news.sky.com/story/boris-...
news.sky.com/story/boris-...
Boris Johnson rejects 'muddled' COVID inquiry report and accuses chair of 'breathtaking inconsistency'
The former prime minister, who set up the inquiry, has accused its chair Baroness Heather Hallett of being "hopelessly incoherent" and relying on "hysterical predictions" about COVID deaths.
news.sky.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Of course he does. Do you believe him?
news.sky.com/story/boris-...
news.sky.com/story/boris-...
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It's the day of Cecilia, called saint, patron of music and musicians.
"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony."
youtu.be/1NkqrKkWqNE?...
"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony."
youtu.be/1NkqrKkWqNE?...
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music" (London, 1965)
YouTube video by kadoguy
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's the day of Cecilia, called saint, patron of music and musicians.
"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony."
youtu.be/1NkqrKkWqNE?...
"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony."
youtu.be/1NkqrKkWqNE?...
What went right this week: the good news that matters.
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
World ‘closer to a future free of cervical cancer’, UK music fans got a boost, and Denmark said no to social media for kids, plus more
www.positive.news
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
What went right this week: the good news that matters.
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
Bad information ruins lives. I’m standing with @FullFact. From 2 December-9 December your donation will be DOUBLED. Donate here: fullfact.org/biggive #ChristmasChallenge
Double your donation – Full Fact
Your donation will be doubled.
fullfact.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Bad information ruins lives. I’m standing with @FullFact. From 2 December-9 December your donation will be DOUBLED. Donate here: fullfact.org/biggive #ChristmasChallenge
"The choices Rachel Reeves faces at the Budget aren’t just about making sums add up, but they form the shape of our shared country."
#ClimateJustice #WealthTax
justmoney.org.uk/blog/tax-as-...
#ClimateJustice #WealthTax
justmoney.org.uk/blog/tax-as-...
Tax as a tool for climate justice - JustMoney Movement
As we look to the Chancellor’s Budget announcement on 26 November, as well as any outcomes from COP30, the international climate talks taking place in Brazil until 21 November, we face questions about...
justmoney.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"The choices Rachel Reeves faces at the Budget aren’t just about making sums add up, but they form the shape of our shared country."
#ClimateJustice #WealthTax
justmoney.org.uk/blog/tax-as-...
#ClimateJustice #WealthTax
justmoney.org.uk/blog/tax-as-...
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He is clueless and is becoming just a bundle of corporate-funded ambition
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
He is clueless and is becoming just a bundle of corporate-funded ambition
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You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
The NUJ notes the BBC’s apology to President Donald Trump over the editing of a speech in a Panorama programme, and welcomes the comprehensive rejection of his claim of defamation.
#SLAPP
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
#SLAPP
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ welcomes BBC’s rejection of Trump’s ‘mega SLAPP’ defamation claim
The NUJ notes the BBC’s apology to President Donald Trump over the editing of a speech in a Panorama programme, and welcomes the comprehensive rejection of his claim of defamation.
www.nuj.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The NUJ notes the BBC’s apology to President Donald Trump over the editing of a speech in a Panorama programme, and welcomes the comprehensive rejection of his claim of defamation.
#SLAPP
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
#SLAPP
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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The best, succinct, and simplest statement about right and left politics. The right start with fear the Zack Polanski starts with hope, facts, and science. Every Reform supporter should watch this short, Zack makes it clear and simple.
youtube.com/shorts/LQZom...
youtube.com/shorts/LQZom...
Whether it's Zohran Mamdani or Claudia Sheinbaum, there is a progressive movement rejecting fascism
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The best, succinct, and simplest statement about right and left politics. The right start with fear the Zack Polanski starts with hope, facts, and science. Every Reform supporter should watch this short, Zack makes it clear and simple.
youtube.com/shorts/LQZom...
youtube.com/shorts/LQZom...
Interesting stimulus to an instructive series of replies. Mind observing itself.
This is I think an underrated truth: being intelligent is I think primarily a matter of habit. Do you actually listen and try and take on board what you've heard or read before responding? Do you go 'okay, is that true?' about your own thoughts and prejudices? These are learnt, not innate.
and ultimately I think if you’re constantly saying stupid stuff then it just makes you stupid.
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Interesting stimulus to an instructive series of replies. Mind observing itself.
What went right this week: the good news that matters.
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
The EU put climate on the curriculum, Egypt defeated an ancient disease, and there was a ‘revolution’ in tooth care, plus more good news
www.positive.news
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
What went right this week: the good news that matters.
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...
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You should be. Most of us were proud and thankful to call him our president.
So proud of my father for all the passion, courage,care and vision he brought to the last 14 years as President of Ireland. Both my parents have always been driven by a deep wide love for Ireland & the world, for people, planet & possibilities. Looking forward to their next chapter! #Grá #spiergirm
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
You should be. Most of us were proud and thankful to call him our president.
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In spite of my some of my (barbed) comments the SW’s are doing a good job vis a vis George illustrating the issues faced by people newly released from HMP. #TheArchers
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In spite of my some of my (barbed) comments the SW’s are doing a good job vis a vis George illustrating the issues faced by people newly released from HMP. #TheArchers
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
And a good time to remind ourselves that everything we receive in any form of media is the result of some editorial decision.
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
And a good time to remind ourselves that everything we receive in any form of media is the result of some editorial decision.